Topics in Music History
Credits: 3.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
25
CRN: 16002
CRN: 16002
Courses offered under this number feature a variety of topics having to do with music history. Topics in given semesters reflet faculty expertise in teaching and research. For topic examples, see "Courses Taught" on relevant faculty web pages. May be repeated barring duplication of subject.
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Prerequisite(s): MUSI 501 with minimum grade of C- and MUSI 502 with minimum grade of C-
Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to unlimited times.
Cross listed with : MUSI 801.01
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Only listed classes in section: Junior, Senior
Only listed majors in section: BMUS:COMP, BMUS:PERF, BMUS:PRETEACH, MUS PERF STUDY, MUSIC EDUCATION, MUSIC: COMPOSIT, MUSIC: LIBERAL
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
Instructors: Daniel Beller-McKenna
Times & Locations
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/28/2023 | 12/11/2023 | TR | 9:40am - 11:00am | PCAC M220 | |
| Final Exam | 12/13/2023 | 12/13/2023 | W | 10:30am - 12:30pm | PCAC M220 |
Additional Course Details:
This semester, the course will focus on several connections between music and concepts of power in Western culture including: representations of the Orpheus legend from Greek mythology; Romantic assertions about the power of music; music as a tool of oppression and resistance during the Third Reich; and critical theories about the positive and negative power of popular music in modern Western society. The goal for the course is to provide you with a variety of perspectives from which to contemplate how music functions in our culture, and to critically assess some of our accepted truisms and platitudes about the power of music.